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Franschhoek Festivals & Events 2010
Franschhoek Festivals & Events 2010
16 & 17 January: Franschhoek Outdoor Challenge
31st January: Inter Winelands Sports day
13th March: Franschhoek Vendage
20th March: The Gem of Franschhoek
14 - 16 May: Franschhoek Literary Festival
26 & 27 June: Franschhoek Affair & Franschhoek Pairings
17 & 18 July: Franschhoek Bastille Festival
14th August: Franschhoek Golf Day
4 & 5 September: Franschhoek Uncorked Festival
16 & 17 October: Franschhoek Classic Music Festival
6 & 7 November: Franschhoek Lions Open Gardens Festival
3rd, 4th & 5th December: Franschhoek Cap Classique & Champagne Festival
Franschhoek Vendange Festival
13 March 2010
We will be holding the very first Franschhoek Vendange Festival Dinner on 13th March 2009 starting at 16h00.
This town-wide harvest celebration in Franschhoek include grape stomping in wine barrels, blind grape tastings, dining at long tables where an excuisite harvest dinner will be prepared by our famous local chefs and wine will be served all night long. Entertainment is included. What a way to experience another Great Franschhoek Adventure!
Cost: R550 per person (Franschhoek locals R450).
To book tickets, please contact Carmen at 021 8762861 or office@franschhoek.org.za
The Gem of Franschhoek
Super Car Rally - 20 March 2010
By Invitation only
Franschhoek invites you to join us for the most prestigious of Car Rally’s this country has ever seen. A selection of invited Super Cars will assemble at the Franschhoek Motor museum to rev up their engines in search of The Gems of Franschhoek.
Cars will assemble at the Franschhoek Motor Museum on L’Ormarins Wine Estate in Franschhoek. This is where the Rally will begin and end.
Drivers will compete in teams of 2 with some drivers being teamed up with Celebrities, from TV Personalities to top Wine Makers and Chefs or Sporting Celebrities, from here you will make your way around Franschhoek searching for the Gems that truly represent Franschhoek’s elegance, class, sophistication and style. Couples will be teamed up and the Rally will begin. Each team will comprise of a driver and a route manager. Each team will receive a picnic basket, a map and the 1st clue. From here you are on your own! Teams will have to solve the clue before finding out your next destination. Each clue will have a “help” option where you will be able to go for assistance if cracking the clue proves to challenging.
You will be stopping at 6 different destination collecting “The 12 Gems of Franschhoek” everything from top Bubbly to our world famous Chocolates and cured meats. Once you have collected your 12 Gems at your 6 destinations you will return to L’Ormarins Wine Estate and feast on a scrumptious, elegant picnic of Franschhoek’s Finest with entertainment, sunshine and the feeling of a great challenge being met!
Cost: R5000.00 per car including a light Breakfast, your rally, Gourmet Lunch including wine & a goodie bag of Franschhoek’s 12 Gems for you to take home. As the day will begin early and include a few glasses of Bubbly and wine we urge all participants to stay over in Franschhoek. Accommodation is available to suit all.
Franschhoek Literary Festival
14 - 16 May 2010
If you love books and beautiful surroundings then you’ll feel right at home at the Franschhoek Literary Festival. See a host of South African and award-winning international authors speak about their passion in venues throughout the village.
They say that words make their own music. When these words are strung together by a writer they develop a magical quality that plays out in a melody, engulfing you in its entirety.
To visit the Literary Festival website click here
A Franschhoek Affair
26 & 27 June
We’d like to introduce people to the secret places not usually associated with Franschhoek, or that visitors seldom find, exposing them – and our friends and neighbours – to the exceptional talent to be found in our valley.
The idea is to present learning experiences, classes, demonstrations and skills development every weekend in June, bringing people here to enjoy the increasingly popular short breaks that add value and new dimensions to busy lives.
All Bookings are done Directly with the Various Establishments but for any additional information please call Darielle Craddock, Franschhoek Events Co-ordinator on 021 876 2861
Franschhoek Bastille Festival
17 - 18 July 2010
Franschhoek, being the French Corner of South Africa, celebrates Bastille Day with reckless abandon. In fact, we like to commemorate our forefathers by celebrating for an entire weekend. We might add that it’s also the only day in the year that you can get away with wearing a beret.
Highlights of the Bastille Festival include a Food & Wine Marquee, a French Film Festival, the Chef’s & Waiters Race, Pêtanque, the Barrel Rolling competition and lots more!
Franschhoek Golf Day
Saturday 14th August 2010
Franschhoek will be hosting a Golf Day for Woman on Saturday 8th August 2009 during the Woman’s Day long weekend. The fortunate participants will enjoy a fun-filled weekend with Goodie Bags second to none, a Golf Clinic or a Round of Golf on the Jack Nicklaus signature course and a cocktail evening with fantastic prizes to ensure this becomes one of their most treasured bonding experiences with their friends!
For Bookings contact Darielle Craddock on 021 876 2861 or events@franschhoek.org.za
Franschhoek Uncorked
4th & 5th September 2010
After a long, cold winter everyone in Franschhoek looks forward to the first day of spring. We’re a town that believes in celebrating and spring is definitely something worth celebrating.
To honor the beginning of this important, and much warmer, season we throw a town wide party. We’ve called this festival Franschhoek Uncorked. It’s a celebration of life and the perfect time for all the Valley’s highly esteemed wineries to showcase their new vintages and releases.
So, come and spend an exciting weekend in Franschhoek, or just visit for the day!
Franschhoek Lions Open Gardens
6 & 7 November 2010
Visit 10 of Franschhoek's most spectacular gardens as they burst into bloom this summer.
Franschhoek Cap Classique & Champagne Festival
3 - 5 December 2010
Be sure not to miss this year’s Franschhoek ‘Magic of Bubbles’ Cap Classique and Champagne Festival, taking place over the weekend of the 3rd to the 5th of December, and for the fifth year running, this social calendar highlight is happening in Franschhoek.
Proving to be the ideal host for this festival, the largest of its kind in the country allowing visitors the opportunity to sample both Champagne and Cap Classique wines, Franschhoek offers visitors a unique combination of French heritage and South African winelands.
Some of France’s best Champagne will be tasted alongside the finest Cap Classiques to emerge from the wine cellars of South Africa. The winemaking method is virtually the same, so it comes down simply to the terroir and skill of the winemakers.
The centrepiece of the festival will be a grand marquee on the sprawling lawns surrounding Franschhoek’s famous Huguenot Monument, where bubbly stalls will be interspersed with stalls from the local restaurants offering delicious delicacies to match.
For more information about the festival, please contact:
Darielle Craddock
Events Manager: Franschhoek Wine Valley Tourist Association
Tel: 021 876 2861
Email: events@franschhoek.org.za
Inter-Winelands Sports Day
31st January 2010
Stellenbosch Wineries vs Franschhoek Wineries in a friendly Sports Day held at Groot Drakenstein Games Club in Celebration of 350 years of Wine making in South Africa
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